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No. 388,653. Patented Aug. 28, 1888.

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DAVID ENGLAND, OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388.653, dated August28, 1888.

Application filed April 17, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID ENGLAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cedar Hill, in the county of Dallas and State ofTexas, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Gate Latches, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in gates, pertaining moreparticularly to farmgates; and it consists in the construction and novelcombination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in theappended claim.

The figure in the drawing is a perspective view of a gate embodying theinvention.

Referring to the drawing by letter, E designates the latchpost, and l)the hinge-post of the gate 0, which has the following construction:

A is the hinge-upright, and B is the latchupright of the gate, whichuprights are preferably of scantling, the former being two inches byfive inches in cross section, and the latter two inches by four inches.

F F are longitudinal wires, which may be barbed, if desired, connectingsaid uprights, and preferably arranged at equal distances apart. Thesaid wires have their end portions bent around the outer edges of theuprights, as at f, and their ends engaged to staplesf secured to thelatch side of the uprights.

G G are cross-braces,of scantling,two inches by four inches incross-section, which have their ends secured by the bolts 9 to the upperand lower portions of the uprights, on opposite sides thereof, at aboutfive inches from the ends thereof, and their middle portions secured bythe central bolt, 9, there being thus live bolts in all to hold theframe together. The brace G is on the latch side of the gate, its upperend being secured to the upper end of the latchupright, and the brace Gis se cured to the opposite side of the gate.

H is a latch pivoted on the inner side of the brace G, just below thebrace G, and passing through the retaining and limiting staple h,secured to the corresponding side of the latchupright.

I is a coiled spring having its upper end secured at a suitable point tothe latch and its Serial No. 270.888. (No model.)

below to the brace G. The said spring draws the latch down, and holds itengaged with the keeper 2'.

J is a double-armed horizontal lever, pivoted centrally upon the upperpart of the latchupright, and with its arms standing outward on eachside of the gate; and jj are cords or chains connecting the latch withthe arms of said lever at points equally distant from the pivotal pointso thataperson depressing either arm of the lever raises the latch bymeans of the chain attached to the opposite arm. The wires F passbetween the cross-braces and on the side of the latch-uprightoppositethe latchso as not to interfere therewith.

K K are the hinges, preferably formed by bending old tires or similarwaste iron around the hinge-upright, and forming thereon the loops k toengage the pintles k.

By attaching the upper end of the brace G to the upper part of thelatch-iqn-ight, and pivoting the latch on the brace G, the latch iscaused to hug the upright B.

It is evident from the above description, that a person on horseback caneasily open the gate from either side.

The gate is simple, strong, and durable of construction, and can bequickly and easily put together.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The combination, with thegate composed of the latch-upright, hingenpright, longitudinal wires andcross-braces,of the spring-depressed latch H, pivoted to the brace Gjust in front of the crossing part of the opposite brace, thedoubled-armed lever J, pivoted through its center to the inner surfaceof the top of the latch-upright, and the cordsj, connecting said arms toa proper point of the latch, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID ENGLAND.

\Vitnesses:

I. E. RAPE, G. F. PIERCE.

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